Matthew D Lund
Biographic Data
| ID | 1234466 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Matthew D Lund |
| GIVEN NAMES | Matthew D |
| FAMILY NAME | Lund |
| SIGNATURE | LUND M D |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
A Vitious Way of Observing
David Kinnebrook is remembered as the assistant to the Astronomer Royal dismissed in 1796 for marking stellar transits too slowly. Kinnebrook’s firing is commonly listed as the origin point for the personal equation and empirical psychology. Historians have viewed Kinnebrook as a slightly misused, although mute, party in the affair, drawing their accounts from Nevil Maskelyne’s published account of the dismissal. Kinnebrook’s letters, which resur…
What I Do Not Believe, and Other Essays
Understanding philosophy of science; Theory and reality
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Understanding philosophy of science; Theory and reality
What I Do Not Believe, and Other Essays
A Vitious Way of Observing
David Kinnebrook is remembered as the assistant to the Astronomer Royal dismissed in 1796 for marking stellar transits too slowly. Kinnebrook’s firing is commonly listed as the origin point for the personal equation and empirical psychology. Historians have viewed Kinnebrook as a slightly misused, although mute, party in the affair, drawing their accounts from Nevil Maskelyne’s published account of the dismissal. Kinnebrook’s letters, which resur…
Sociology (3 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · History (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Archaeology (1 work) · Art history (1 work) · Citation (1 work) · Computer Science (1 work) · Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (1 work) · Historical and Literary Studies (1 work)